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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
... unveils first half results while AMP fronts shareholders at its annual general meeting. Also, New Zealand will unveil its budget today. NEW YORK - US stocks sank, with the Dow industrials suffering its biggest one-day drop in three years, as investors ...

Too soon for Future Fund asset allocation calls: Murray

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
... at a certain level. The Future Fund could dry up those funds." And while the Government can elect to inject any annual budget surplus into the fund, it can also elect to draw capital out once its met it fiscal targets, which is planned over the coming ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
... biggest monthly fall in confidence since September 2005 indicates that the massive income tax cuts announced in the May Budget failed to eased consumer anxiety due to higher borrowing costs - from the RBA's recent rate hike - and the persistently high ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
... consumer sentiment survey will be released, the first such survey to encompass this month's interest rate hike and the budget tax cuts. NEW YORK - US stocks fell as lackluster results from retailers overshadowed inflation data suggesting the Federal ...

Comm Bank hedges against rising fuel costs

... Diesel Index designed to help investors control their fuel costs. "In a rising oil market, it's all about being able to budget and manage risk with more certainty. The Index Cap will allow the purchaser to protect their profit margins when diesel prices ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
... week's correction. The continued rally in global commodity prices and the generous fiscal stimulus handed down in the May Budget supported market sentiment for domestic shares. However, there are nagging concerns that it is these same factors - rising ...

Budget to pave the way for better advice: Stammer

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
Treasurer Costello's 11th Budget will force financial advisers to focus on investments rather than taxes, attendees at an Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) lunch were told yesterday. In his 26th ASFA post-Budget speech, leading economist ...

Super Budget benefits all around: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
The Federal Budget opened up promising new opportunities for clients planning their retirement and fresh options for advisers, according to AXA's analysis. Technical services manager, Lachlan Semple, said the Federal Budget was a resounding success ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
... by 1.5 per cent in April. The latest employment and job ads data were taken before the recent RBA rate hike and the May Budget and it is still too early to assess the impact of the latest monetary and fiscal changes on the Australian labour market. In ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
... resource sector. Also, earnings from two of Australia's top 20 companies, as well as continued fall out from the federal budget, should underpin local gains. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was seven points weaker at 5345. ...